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Parables For Seekers
Contributed by Victor Yap on Jul 27, 2003 (message contributor)
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1. Bloom Where You Are Planted
Contributed on Jul 27, 2003
Parables of Eternal Life, Part 1 of 9
BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED (LUKE 8:4-15) Motivational writer Dennis Kimbro says that some people are like wheels - they don't work unless they are pushed. Some people are like trailers - they have to be pulled. Some people are like kites - always up in the air, and if you don't keep a ...read more
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2. The Pearl Of Greatest Price
Contributed on Jul 27, 2003
Parables of Eternal Life, Part 2 of 9
THE PEARL OF GREATEST PRICE (Matt 13:44-46) Several years ago, USA Today (10/24/97) reported the results of a Roper Starch Worldwide survey of the wealthiest 1 percent of U.S. households – the 1 million households have an annual income of at least $250,000 or a net worth at least $2.5 million. They ...read more
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3. Be My Guest
Contributed on Jul 27, 2003
Parables of Eternal Life, Part 3 of 9
BE MY GUEST (LUKE 14:15-24) A wedding, Western- or Chinese- style, is an expensive affair. American weddings cost the father of the bride an arm and a leg! According to thewedding.com, the average amount spent in the United States in 2007 on a wedding was $27,690. Nationally, in 2006 wedding ...read more
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4. The Day God Ran
Contributed on Jul 27, 2003
Parables of Eternal Life, Part 4 of 9
THE DAY GOD RAN (LUKE 15:11-32) The news that superstar Leslie Cheung committed suicide on April 1, 2003, in then SARS-hit Hong Kong was at first considered a cruel April’s Fool Day joke. Waiters recalled that the singer ordered an iced lemon drink, a glass of ice water, an apple and a packet of ...read more
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5. You Only Live Once
Contributed on Jul 27, 2003
Parables of Eternal Life, Part 5 of 9
YOU ONCE LIVE ONLY (LUKE 16:19-31) A Sunday school teacher told his class the story of the rich man and Lazarus. He explained that the wealthy man had wonderful clothes, lived in luxury and had all the food he could eat; but he had no compassion for the beggar, who longed for a few crumbs from the ...read more
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6. You Are Hired!
Contributed on Jul 27, 2003
Parables of Eternal Life, Part 6 of 9
YOU ARE HIRED! (MATTHEW 20:1-16) The economic crisis at the turn of the 21st century that hit the airline industry reflects the cost of doing business. United Airlines and Continental Airlines filed for bankruptcy, and American Airlines avoided bankruptcy after the union gave back $1.62 billion in ...read more
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7. Pay Up Or Pack Up
Contributed on Jul 27, 2003
Parables of Eternal Life, Part 7 of 9
PAY UP OR PACK UP (MATTHEW 21:33-44) US News and World Report (3/31/97) polled 1,000 people several years ago on who they thought were people “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to go to heaven. The person most likely to go to heaven was none other than Mother Teresa, who garnered 79 percent of the ...read more
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8. Buy Oil While The Sun Shines
Contributed on Jul 27, 2003
Parables of Eternal Life, Part 8 of 9
BUY OIL WHILE THE SUN SHINES (MATTHEW 25:1-13) A good friend called me shortly on the Saturday afternoon exactly a week before the day of my wedding. He asked hesitatingly, “What are you doing?” I sensed something was not right and asked him what he meant. After a brief pause he asked meekly: ...read more
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9. Too Little, Too Late
Contributed on Jul 27, 2003
Parables of Eternal Life, Part 9 of 9
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE (MATT. 25:31-46) Shortly after the Pope had apologized to the nation of Israel for the treatment of Jews by the Catholic Church over the years, Ehud Barak, the leader of Israel, sent back a message to the College of Cardinals. The proposal was for a friendly game of golf to be ...read more